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Jimmy 'Tran'quilized
Jimmy Tran fought his way through day one, but didn't have too many chips left to play with to begin day two.
A few hands into the day, Tran raises all in from the cutoff seat with the . Lee Wilson wastes little time in calling the all-in bet with .
Tran is looking great to double up on a board of , until the river brings the and Tran is eliminated in an unlucky fashion. All Tran can is say "Wow, that's that," as he leaves the room.
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Jon Nathan recently was moved to a new table, and he wastes no time looking for action. In early position, he makes a raise to 3,200, and Marc Fratter makes the call.
Nathan checks dark, and the dealers spreads out . Action is on Fratter, who makes a bet of 7,500. Nathan pops it up to 15,500, and Fratter moves all in with a covering re-raise.
Nathan counts his short stack down, lets out a big sigh and announces, "Well, I guess it's time to go home... I call." The cards are turned over, with Nathan's trailing the of Fratter.
The turn rags off with the , but lightning strikes the river, as the saves Nathan from elimination, and doubles him up to around 60,000.
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Four players limped into the pot before Tim Vance's turn to act on the button. Vance had 5,800 left and several players were stating, "You almost have to shove with anything." Vance looked down and emphatically put all his chips in the middle.
Two players called and Michael Andrews started tanking. Vance exclaimed, "I only want one caller. Shove!" Andrews made the call immediately.
The flop of was checked. When the fell on the river, it was checked to Andrews declared all in. Everyone else folded.
Vance:
Andrews:
Vance started shouting, "I need an ace or a four! Four!"
The river was the . Everyone at the table let out a collective, "Wow."
After the pot, Vance moved up to around 30,000 in chips.
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Boris Kravets
Boris Kravets moves all in from middle position with a small stack of 6,100. Actions folds around to Daryll Fish in the small blind and he makes the call, the big blind folds.
Fish shows and Kravets shows . Kravets is going to need to win this hand to stay alive in the tournament.
The door card is the , which looks good until the and follow. Fish's ace-high is still good.
The turn brings the and the river the and Kravets can't improve and must exit the tournament.
Fish is looking strong as he increases his chip stack to around 60,000.
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One of the smallest stacks remaining, Joseph Brooks, has the action folded around to him in the small blind, and he puts his remaining 6,500 chips into the center. The big blind, Suju Abraham, makes the call with . Brooks is a slight favorite with the .
However, the board comes , and Abraham's two pair knocks out Joseph Brooks.
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Action folds to Jeff Coutroulis in the small blind who raises to about 4,000. Jack Schanbacher re-raises from the big blind to 12,000. Coutroulis wastes little time is shoving his chips into the middle in a very forceful fashion, proclaiming, "I feel like I'm going to win this one!"
Schanbacher tanks for a minute before calling with the after saying, "I don't think I can fold here." Coutroulis confidently turns over the and is ahead. The pot is huge, over 70,000 chips.
The flop is clean for Coutroulis, , but the turn is the and Schanbacher takes the lead. The river is the and Coutroulis is immensely crippled.
Players at the table seemed stunned by the hand and Coutroulis paces around in shock, saying, "After two days, why's it got to happen like that?!"
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Tom Sartori has been eliminated from the tournament. With a raise and a call in front of him, Sartori pushed in with 8-8 and was called by the J-J of Michael Cohen.
The board came 9-3-4-10-3, and offered no help to Sartori, who heads back to his day job a little earlier than planned.
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'Chainsaw' Massacre'd
Tournament pro Allen 'Chainsaw' Kessler has just been eliminated from the tournament by Ed Jatho of Abita Springs, LA.
According to Kessler, he open-shoved from early position holding and Jatho made the call with 'the Doyle Brunson,' (), leaving himself with just ~8,500 behind. The board ultimately ran out 5-7-8-2-2 giving Jatho trip deuces to knock Kessler out of the tournament.
On his way out the door, Kessler engaged Jatho in a bit of a verbal tussle, which prompted Jatho to fire back, "I'll see you at the final table; you'll be watching from the rail."
. Lee Wilson wastes little time in calling the all-in bet with 
.
, until the river brings the 
and Tran is eliminated in an unlucky fashion. All Tran can is say "Wow, that's that," as he leaves the room.
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. Action is on Fratter, who makes a bet of 7,500. Nathan pops it up to 15,500, and Fratter moves all in with a covering re-raise.
trailing the 
saves Nathan from elimination, and doubles him up to around 60,000.
was checked. When the 
fell on the river, it was checked to Andrews declared all in. Everyone else folded.
. Kravets is going to need to win this hand to stay alive in the tournament.
and 
and the river the 
and Kravets can't improve and must exit the tournament.
, and Abraham's two pair knocks out Joseph Brooks.
after saying, "I don't think I can fold here." Coutroulis confidently turns over the 
and is ahead. The pot is huge, over 70,000 chips.
and Schanbacher takes the lead. The river is the 
. The turn and river are no help for Sabat and he is eliminated from play.
and Jatho made the call with 'the Doyle Brunson,' (
), leaving himself with just ~8,500 behind. The board ultimately ran out 5-7-8-2-2 giving Jatho trip deuces to knock Kessler out of the tournament.
